Managing Work Place Stress

Problem: Stress at the work place has become an increasing phenomenon due to external factors such as technological advancement, changes in the economy of a country which might lead to becoming redundant and so on. Stress can be considered as an inevitable condition at least a t one point in time or another, however it can also be minimized to the extent that the productive organization. Stress is also bound to occur in multinational companies where operation is global and employees have different cultural background. The paper focuses on the level of stress being found among individuals at workplace in Indian context, with understanding the problems faced due to stress on the basis of gender, and also to study employees’ perception towards stress, and to suggest measures to both management and employees to deal with stress. The finding of the paper reveals that more or less stress is being experienced by the individuals at workplace. Excessive workload and organizational conflict are the major causes of workplace stress. Lifestyle imbalance is the common result of stress among both the genders. It also finds that the management can play a vital role by providing trai ning, recreational activities, meditation and yoga classes to the employees for managing stress at work